GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
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| calligraphy | artistic, stylized, or elegant handwriting or lettering |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
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| infer | to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
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